Now This Is A DoTube

Acceptable.tv is a new show on VH1 that features short clips that are voted on by the audience.

Of course, you don't have to wait for the show to watch the videos, you can watch them, comment on them, and vote on them (when voting is open), on the web.

You can even embed the videos on your blog, like this one called Homeless James Bond.

I wish they didn't close the voting. I'd like to be able to vote whenever I watch as show. Other than that, I like the feel of this service. You can have a profile, create a channel with your favorite videos in it, etc, etc. They've taken their lead from YouTube and that is smart. They seem to be using the Revver player which I like and the embed functionality works like a charm.

VH1 produces some of the shows and users upload the rest. A great way to marry professional and user content. That said, the VH1 produced shows have way more views than the user content so far. It will be interesting to watch how this develops.

My friends Michael Hirschorn and Fred Graver had a hand in making this show so maybe I am biased, but to me this is the way web video should be done.

And check out Who Farted for an example of how product placement might work in this model.

Comments

[Chris]

I did catch this show and enjoyed it. I hope they vary the short films more in that the same actors are not in all of them. It would be cool if users could submit their own short films.

[Angela Gyetvan]

Hi, Fred:

Thanks for the mention. We're biased about Fred Graver and Michael Hirschorn as well: we're big fans. Just to clarify something about the Acceptable.tv project: the site was actually built using Revver's API. It's Revver in an "Acceptable" wrapper, with some additional functionality added. It's one of the things we offer that is unique in the marketplace, and it allows the Acceptable audience to upload directly to Acceptable's branded site while giving them access to our hosting and content review capabilities. We're thrilled with the results on this one -- they implemented it beautifully.

[howard Lindzon]

i cant find a comment box. Any title with fart works. period.

cant believe there are no public companies based on farting. no bear markets

[Mike Abundo]

Too bad they're Viacom.